With the bigger part of the clay season in the rear mirror, we are in the short but buzzing grass season, where the change of surface is one of the biggest challenges in this sport. And the WTA World No. 1 Iga Swiatek is amongst those players, who struggle with this change. Why is this and how might she be able to adapt this year? Iga’s past results on Grass …
The 2024 Roland Garros Men’s final is all set and promises to be a nail-biter – Alexander “Sascha” Zverev against Carlos “Carlitos” Alcaraz. The clash between the German and the Spaniard is the first final in two decades without Federer, Nadal or Djokovic, which makes this encounter feel like the start of a new era. But who will take their maiden Roland Garros title? Let’s look into the details, predictions …
Within a year from “Alcarazmania” we have another phenomenon on tour, that can be seen on every poster for the ATP – Jannik Sinner. The Italian superstar has quickly risen from promising talent to the best Italian to ever play, and his country is head over heels for their new hero. Everyone who has recently been in Rome, such as our very own Jonas and Stefan, has experienced the hype …
Right before the Rome Masters we were hit with a number of retirement announcements, Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman join an illustrate round of players, that will retire after the 2024 season. For me personally, many of these players have been either childhood idols or players that I loved to watch for many years. Is this the end of an era? Dominic Thiem (retirement confirmed) The Austrian standout player announced …
With just one week to go until the second Slam of the year, there are still two 250s ongoing on the ATP circuit. And there is one big surprise – the World No.1 Novak Djokovic is actually playing the Geneva tournament, something we have not seen in a decade. A little preview of those two events and how those affect the Roland Garros preparation. It is an interesting mix-up of …
And for the second consecutive Masters final we have a rather surprising matchup in Alexander Zverev against Nicolas Jarry. The German and Chilenean will battle for the last clay court Masters title of the year on Sunday – let us have a look at their ways into the final and their head-to-head. Their season and tournament so far Sascha Zverev is in a situation that he knows all too well …
And here we are again – just as in Madrid two weeks ago, the WTA Masters final in Rome is another episode of Iga Swiatek against Aryna Sabalenka. The two top stars had a bit of different paths into yet another matchup, but their rivalry seems to get more and more intense. What happened in Madrid? When we wrote about the final in Madrid, we already anticipated the victory of …
After an exciting day of women’s semifinals and men’s quarters, we are going into the semifinals for the men. And as mentioned, the consistency that we were used to in the ATP, now seems to have switched to the women. The men’s draw now is wide open after the withdrawals of Sinner and Alcaraz, and Novak losing to Alejandro Tabilo. Who will come out on top? Let’s see the matchups! …
Here we are in the new WTA era, where consistency seems to be a thing. Once again, the top players battle it out in the semifinals today, only missing Elena Rybakina, who needed to pull out due to illness before the event. Semifinal #1 Swiatek vs Gauff, 15.00 CET And our first semifinal of course needs to feature Madrid winner and world no 1 Iga Swiatek. Her Rome run looked …
The first week of action at the 2024 Rome Masters is done and dusted. What did we learn from it, aside of thermos flasks being a dangerous object? Let us investigate the surprises and developments so far and what they mean for the road to Roland Garros. ATP: Both GOATs are out of the tournament. It was the first time in years that Rafa and Novak were in the same …
